1999 - Standin' On The Corner Park opens in Winslow, Arizona.
1996 - Neil Peart employs some jazz-influenced traditional drum grips on Rush's 16th studio album, Test for Echo.
1991 - Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" is released as a single, forever changing the musical meaning of the word "Alternative."
1990 - The Hard Rock Cafe in Las Vegas, NV, opened.
1988 - Guns N' Roses, on tour as the opening act for Aerosmith.
1980 - "She's So Cold" by the Rolling Stones was released.
1979 - The Who made their first U.S. concert appearance without Keith Moon. Kenny Jones replaced him on drums.
1975 - "Alive!" was released by KISS. The album contained live performances from KISS' first three albums.
1973 - The BBC, predictably, bans The Rolling Stones' single "Star Star," which is better known as "Starf----r."
1972 - The Doors play their last concert at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles.
1968 - The Beatles record "Helter Skelter."
1966 - The Rolling Stones appeared on "The Ed Sullivan Show."
1966 - The Beatles' Revolver hits #1.
1963 - While traveling in London, John Lennon and Paul McCartney encounter Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham, who worked as a promoter for The Beatles earlier in the year.
1950 - Joe Perry is born Anthony Joseph Perry in Lawrence, Massachusetts.